What to do against shaving irritation?
Treat razor burn
You want to get rid of your razor burn as fast as possible, of course. We'll help you with the following 4 tips.
- Tip 1. Stop shaving.
- Tip 2. Softly scrub your skin.
- Tip 3. Take care of and hydrate your skin.
- Tip 4. Give your skin a break.
Tip 1: stop shaving
If your skin is irritated from shaving, the most important thing is to stop shaving the affected area. Your skin needs to rest and repair, which isn't going to happen if you don't treat it accordingly. Make sure to soothe your skin and stay off the electric shaver or shaver blade. If you don't, you only make it worse.
Tip 2: softly scrub your skin
Razor burn is a collection of ingrown beard hairs. Your skin will recover over time, but you can help your skin by exfoliating. You can do this with a soft scrub. This'll remove old skin flakes of the top layer of your skin and will expose ingrown hairs. Doesn't this work? You can use tweezers. Only use tweezers if there isn't another option, because getting an entire hair out is a precise task. A semi-picked hair will be inflamed again.
Tip 3: take care of and hydrate your skin
The faster your skin calms down, the faster it'll heal. You can calm your skin with sufficient hydration. You can do this with a moisturizing cream, lotion, or aftershave. When you choose such a product, make sure to check whether it contains alcohol or too much perfume. Alcohol will cause a burning feel and will dry out the sensitive skin even more.
Tip 4: try not to scratch
Irritated skin itches. Itching is a side effect of a recovering skin. This is great, but doesn't make it less annoying. It's important that you try not to scratch too much. When you scratch, you spread the bacteria and bumps will get inflamed. Do you scratch anyway? Check skin care with lidocaine. This will stop the itching.
